Window-bead fastener.



A. SKOWRONSKY.

WINDOW BEAD PASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 21, 1911.

1 45,206, Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

WITNESSES:

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ANTONI SKOWRONSKY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

. WINDOW-BEAD FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Application filed December 21,.1911, Serial No. 667,252.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, AN'roNI S-KowRoNsKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have 1nvented a certain new. and useful Vindow BeadFastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in window bead or window stripfasteners whereby the bead or strip may be easily and quickly fastenedsecurely in place for the purpose of holding the sash in position andmay be equally easily and quickly removed when it is desired to withdrawthe sash from the window for the purpose of cleaning, replacing brokenpanes or any other purpose. I attain theseobjects by fastening the beadto the frame by means of tongues attached to the bead and made to hookover proper devices attached to the frame, all of said tongues beingmounted on a rod running most of the length of the bead, thus permittingall of the tongues to be moved together by moving the rod on which theyare mounted. In this way all the tongues are simultaneously engaged inor disengaged. from the devices set in the frame for the purpose.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Figures 1 and 2 show the front and side views of one side of a windowwith the bead in position, held by tongues 3; Fig. 3 shows shield 1fastened on the outside of the bead; Fig. 4 shows a longitudinal sectionA A taken through Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 shows a transverse section B Bthrough Fig. 3; Fig. 6 shows a coil spring which may be placed in theupper end of the bead to hold the tongues 3 in place; Fig. 7 shows oneof the tongues 3 in its position when the bead is detached and also inits position when the bead is attached to the frame; Fig. 8 shows aslotted shield fastened to the frame for the purpose of engaging tongue3 when the bead is in position; and Fig. 9 shows a modification oradaptation of my invention by which the spring may be omitted and therod and tongues moved both up and down by hand by means of the smalltool or lever 13.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several figures.

My invention consists principally of a shaft or rod 2 runningpractically the full at convenient distances apartto hold the beadsecurely in place. These tongues work 111 slots cut 111 plate 4 which isscrewed or fastened on the inside or back of the bead and they in turnengage in slot 6 (Fig. 8) cut in shield 5, one of which is screwed orfastened to the window frame immediately opposite the position of eachtongue, sufficient mortising being done back of shiled 5 in the frame toallow free movement of tongue 3. Rod 2 works in a groove cut in the backof the bead and is held in place in said groove by plate a abovementioned. At one end of rod 2, preferably the upper end, I place a coilspring 11 (Fig. 6) for the purpose of pressing tongues 3 down snuglyinto slot 6 of shield 5 fastened to the window frame, and thus holdingthe bead firmly in position.

In order to disengage the tongues 3 and remove the bead from the window,I provide the mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 4,

in which small tool or lever 13 is inserted through hole 14 in shield 1on the outside of the bead and extending through the head into hole orslot 15 in bar 2 (Fig. 1). By pressing downward on the handle of tool13, bar 2 and tongues 3 are raised to the position shown by the solidline in Fig. 7, the distance 16 being approximately the amount of spacethrough which it is necessary to move bar 2 and tongues 3 to operate thefastener. hen bar 2 is raised the nec essary amount, I provide a latch 7(Fig. 4), to hold it in that position against the pres sure exerted byspring 11. Latch 7 consists of a hinged lever with one end convenientlyshaped to engage in notch 8 cut in bar 2 and 1th the other end extendingthrough hole 9 in shield 1 (Fig. 3) in such a way that pressure on latch7* at 9 will release bar 2, latch 7 being meanwhile held in position bysmall spring 10 (Fig. I).

I do not confine my invention to the use of spring 11, but show in Fig.9 an alternative arrangement which is cheaper to manufacture. In thisarrangement I do not use any spring and latch at all, but more bar 2both up and down positively by means of tool 13 inserted through a holein shield 1 into the hole 15 in bar 2. Shield 1 can therefore be mademuch more simple than is shown in Fig. 3, being only a simple shieldwith one hole through it. In this arrangement the friction between rod 2and plate 4 on the back of the bead holds rod 2 in any desirableposition, especially if rod 2 be bent slightly to increase saidfriction.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A window bead fastener of the character described, consisting of thecombination of slotted plates attached to the window frame,

'a rod, with tongues attached thereto, held in a groove in the back ofthe strip in such a way that 1t can move endwlse, a spring 1n saidgroove to push said rod endwise and hold the bead tightlyin place whenon the 15 window frame and a latch fastened to the strip to hold saidmovable rod against the pressure of said spring when the rod is movedendwise by a hand tool or otherwise in releasing the bead from thewindow 20 frame.

ANTONI SKOWRONSKY.

Witnesses:

BEATRICE M. RED), CHARLES TASSINGER.

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